Website

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Biography

Rex P. Nielson is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. Before joining the Spanish and Portuguese Department at BYU, he held appointments at Harvard University and Bryant University. He teaches all levels of Portuguese language as well as a variety of courses on Portuguese and Brazilian literature and culture. His research focuses primarily on gender in Brazilian culture, ecocriticism and environmental ethics in Brazil and the global south, and language and literature pedagogy. He is also an active translator and recently received a commendation from the National Library in Brazil for his translation of Sérgio Sant’Anna’s “Um discurso sobre o método” [Another Discourse on Method]. He has also translated the work of Luiz Ruffato, Bernardo Carvalho, Machado de Assis and Eça de Queirós. Rex and his wife, Natalie, an adjunct professor in the Department of Comparative Arts and Letters, live in Provo and are the proud parents of five children.